An RACQ CareFlight crew land at Baffle Creek as part of a search and rescue mission. Photo: CareFlight

The incident was one of four specialised missions the RACQ CareFlight service carried out in southern Queensland in 24 hours.

The Sunshine Coast-based chopper had to land on a Maltese bulk carrier off the northeast coast of Fraser Island on Thursday afternoon after a 21-year-old Filipino crew member suffered serious head injuries in a fall.

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He was flown to the Royal Brisbane Hospital in a serious but stable condition.

At 9am on Friday, a medical team had to be winched down into the Imbil State Forest near Kenilworth to rescue a trail bike rider who suffered pelvic injuries after a crash.

The man, in his early 40s, was transferred to the Nambour Hospital in a stable condition.

The same crew then flew on to Double Island Point north of Noosa, where a man had collapsed due to a medical condition.

A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Ranger was the first person on the scene, administering CPR before Surf Life Saving lifeguards used a defibrillator and oxygen to save the man's life.